Volunteering
Our ministries
Almost everything on this page is done by people who give their free time to it. If you would like to join in, your own parish is the place to start.
Efnoti Neman
Every year around 100 young adults travel to Egypt, to remote villages and orphanages. The goal for 2026 is to reach 6,000 children.
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From kindergarten age to school-leaving, weekly after the Divine Liturgy. Faith, scripture, the Coptic language and its hymns — and friendships that last.
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A three-year training for future servants: dogma, apologetics, church history, patrology — and the craft of passing all of it on.
Service to the poor
Young volunteers walk Vienna regularly, bringing warm food, drink and clothing to people sleeping rough — and time.
Care of the sick
Trained volunteer chaplains accompany the sick in hospital and at home, alongside doctors and nursing staff.
Service to the elderly
Visits to care homes in Vienna and regular gatherings in the parish — shared prayer, hymns, conversation.
Theophorus
The apologetics course led by H.G. Bishop Anba Gabriel: Christ-centred, biblical, Orthodox and of its time.
Digital library
Books, audio and video of the Coptic Church in Austria, gathered in one place.
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